Qin Xin walked with a swagger, acting as if no one else existed. She was utterly brazen!
Yao Dazhuang, Yu Xiaochun, and the others exchanged a glance, then shared a knowing, secretive laugh. Great! Let Ugly Freak keep digging her own grave. It'd be perfect if she made God Ao furious.
Who would have thought...
As they laughed, their smiles gradually froze.
Qin Xin made quite a racket as she walked back to her seat. She set the flowerpot down on the desk with a loud clatter, then picked up her notebook and dusted it off against the tabletop...
With all that noise, Ao Xinghao still hadn't woken up!
His seat was right in front of hers. He was the student sitting ahead of her.
His was the only seat in the class that wasn't assigned according to grades. It was the most convenient spot for sleeping through class.
And now, with Ugly Freak making such a fuss, there was no way he hadn't heard her.
Wasn't the usual script supposed to go like this—he'd fly into a rage, slap Ugly Freak, and kick her out of school?
Ao Xinghao didn't move.
Instead, Qin Xin remarked, "This really is a trash class. Everyone loves sleeping."
Everyone: "..."
She actually called God Ao trash.
God Ao, wake up already!
But Ao Xinghao stayed perfectly still!
Yao Dazhuang gritted his teeth and thought, Don't get cocky, Ugly Freak. So what if Ao Xinghao isn't following the script and dealing with you? We've still got a 'big surprise' waiting for you.
Qin Xin sat down.
She casually played with the flower ring on her hand for a while.
Then she fiddled with the flowerpot.
She picked through the flowers, found a petal that was about to wilt, and took a tiny bite.
The winter chrysanthemum seemed to feel supremely honored. It radiated an indescribable vitality, and even the dewdrops on its petals glittered.
Everyone kept their eyes fixed on Qin Xin.
Their gazes followed her carefree movements back and forth until they were dizzy.
At last!
Her slender fingers curled around the desk drawer.
It looked as if she was about to get a book...
Everyone held their breath!
Their hearts raced.
They'd waited ages for this moment!
They couldn't wait to see Ugly Freak get scared out of her mind. Hahaha!
One second...
Two seconds...
Three seconds...
Stare~!
With a "clatter," Qin Xin finally pulled open the desk drawer, leisurely and just as everyone had hoped.
Then.
She took out a brand-new copy of Anatomy.
After that.
She calmly closed the drawer.
Qin Xin hadn't gone crazy.
But the people who'd set everything up were about to!
Aaaaaah, impossible!
They'd all seen Yao Dazhuang pour everything from his box into Lan Qingxin's drawer with their own eyes.
Yu Xiaochun had even reminded him to stuff all of Lan Qingxin's textbooks into the drawer too.
And yet now...
Lan Qingxin's drawer was spotless. There was nothing inside.
Nothing at all!
They were going crazy. They were really going crazy.
What had happened to all those creepy little things they'd brought over from Class 1's biology lab?
"Class is starting! Class is starting! Instructor Gou's coming!" someone called out to warn them.
Yao Dazhuang sank down into his seat in a daze.
He mechanically opened his drawer to get a book.
Before his hand could even touch it, a sharp pain shot from his fingertips all the way up his arm.
He looked down and broke into a cold sweat. He couldn't move!
His entire arm was stuck inside the drawer.
And the drawer was packed with caterpillars of every color, wriggling and bouncing around...
"Ah—!"
Yu Xiaochun, sitting beside him, let out half a piercing scream before abruptly choking it off.
She hadn't opened her drawer, but there was a gap, and caterpillars were lined up inside, steadily dropping onto her skirt.
"Crash—!"
Her chair toppled over. She fainted from fright.
The whole class erupted.
Chaos broke out!
The lab larvae Yao Dazhuang and Yu Xiaochun had brought in were meant to prank Ugly Freak. How had they ended up in their own drawers?!
This was crazy!
Amid the chaos, Qin Xin calmly rested her head on the desk and played with a flower petal.
She was composed and unruffled, like a big shot.
She even yawned, acting as if nothing had happened, and got ready to sleep.
Suddenly.
A small shadow fell across the desk in front of her forehead.
A sense of pressure descended upon her from above.
Qin Xin casually brushed her long hair back from her forehead.
She saw the boy who sat in front of her—the one who'd been sleeping the whole time. He was leaning an arm against the edge of her desk, staring at her without blinking!
==
After Bai Chi returned from Lan Qingxin's school, he stubbornly went to see Nalan Ye-Jue again, asking to buy a robot.
As soon as he walked in, he heard an earth-shattering piece of unbelievable news—
"What? Jue, y-you—you're getting engaged?!"
[—Mini Theater—]
Dumb Author: Time for a quiz! First question: who was the man who spoke before Qin Xin died?
Lord Qing: I was dead. Why should I care who he was?
Dumb Author: Second question: between Brother Hu and God Ao, which one is on Lord Qing's side?
Lord Qing: They're both brats. I don't have time for them.
Dumb Author: Third question: who was the man in Qin Xin's dream who pinned her down in the bathtub, ahem, ahem?
Lord Qing (sharpening a knife): Good question. I'd like to know who that bastard is too!
Young Master Jue (scowling): Why don't you ask who I'm getting engaged to!
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